Official:Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," to create a new Ninth District Overlay, to limit the materials that may be used on building facades; and to make conforming amendments; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Parker
Introduced: November 2, 2017
Signed: December 14, 2017
: Committee on Rules
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill creates a new zoning overlay in the Ninth Councilmanic District to preserve its historic character by limiting the materials used on building facades.
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